Malaria No More UK

Doreen's story

Doreen's story

13 year old Lillian is at home and not in school. But she doesn’t want to be because she loves science and has ambitions to be a teacher when she grows up. But like up to 20 of her classmates each day - 5% of her school – she is ill with malaria. Her mum, Doreen, worries every time one of her children show signs of malaria as the nearest health centre is a long walk away – a journey that takes even longer if she is carrying a sick child. “ Everyone in my family gets malaria on and off. It’s something we’ve always lived with.“

But Doreen and families like her’s are benefiting from a programme Malaria No More UK supports that is training over 300 Community Health Volunteers who will take malaria care into communities and people’s homes. It will mean that everyone – including Doreen – will have someone they can turn to for malaria protection advice, quick diagnostic testing and treatment. That means Lillian and her brothers and sisters have a better chance of staying well and not missing out on school.